SWEENEY RUSH LATE MODEL SERIES ANNOUNCES NEW TOURING
SERIES FORMAT FOR 2016 FEATURING 12 MARQUEE EVENTS ALONG WITH PLATINUM SHOWS &
OTHER LOYALTY INCENTIVES

By Mike Leone

October 16, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Pulaski, PA)...As
the 2015 racing season comes to a close, Sweeney Chevrolet Buick GMC RUSH Racing
Series Directors Vicki Emig and Mike Leone continue to focus on adjusting the
RUSH Late Model programs to better serve the needs of their sanctioned speedways
and member drivers moving forward. A recent example was the new "Track Pack
Bonus Program" for 2016, which will award increased monies to weekly competitors
at their individual tracks. Continuing in that mindset, adjustments have also
been made to the Touring Series, all of which are believed will be well received
by RUSH Touring member drivers.

The 2016 Touring Series will
feature 12 premier Marquee Events paying a minimum of $2,000 to-win that are
primarily centrally located within the region on weekends utilizing a group
qualifying format featuring $100 Bobby Lake Motorsports “Shock the Clock
Qualifying” and $25 to-win heat races. In addition, another six "optional"
Platinum Events will be scheduled paying a minimum of $1,500 to-win. Additional
incentive packages for supporting Touring member racers will also be part of the
Touring program.

Drivers will be able to use a
maximum of one of the Platinum Events as a substitution race for a missed
Marquee Event. Drivers will also be able to use up to a maximum of three
Platinum Events to replace their worst Marquee Event finishes. If a driver uses
one of the Platinum Events as a substitution for a Marquee Event, he or she will
then only be able to use up to two additional Platinum Events to replace their
worst Marquee Event finishes.

While the top 12 drivers in 2016
Touring Series points will earn point fund monies, RUSH will guarantee a minimum
of $250 in point fund monies to an additional eight drivers with perfect
attendance (12 Marquee Events or 11 Marquee Events and 1 Platinum Event). This
means possibly 20 drivers could earn Touring Series point fund monies!

A Loyalty Program will also be
included. For every four consecutive Marquee Events attended, Touring member
drivers will receive a free $100 entry fee at their next event. This will be an
additional $300 to those drivers that have perfect attendance. Touring drivers
that have perfect attendance for the season (12 Marquee Events or 11 Marquee
Events and 1 Platinum Event) will also be guaranteed to win a valuable
contingency prize(s) at the season ending awards banquet. Special contingency
product drawings will also be held for drivers during the season for drivers
that are part of the Loyalty Program.

"This program is basically the
culmination of nine years of suggestions by our Touring drivers," explained Emig.
"It's a different era than it was when we started in 2007. And while we still
averaged 30 or so cars at our Tour events, drivers aren't traveling like they
used to and we've lost many of our core top traveling teams. Over the years
we've heard racers ask for less mandated travel and midweek shows, higher paying
races, qualifying, the option of skipping or throwing out a race(s), and more
incentive and bonuses for touring racers. We thought by going to the twin tier
system like we did in 2015 it would give more racers incentive to participate in
shows in their region, but other than a few it didn't accomplish what we had
hoped due to some of the prior stated suggestions. We did speak to a few
racers as we were tweaking the program and we received a great deal of positive
feedback on this format. I think we might be seeing a good number of our
veteran touring participants return with us on a consistent basis in 2016, which
will be really exciting not only for us, but our fans and sanctioned speedways.”

The 2015 Touring Series will
conclude at Lernerville Speedway on October 22-24 with a Bazell/Sunoco Race
Fuels Southern event. Thursday night will be practice with heat races on Friday
followed by last chance B mains and the $2,000 to-win “Gary Knollinger Memorial”
on Saturday evening.

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Racing Series at [email protected] and snail mail to 4368 Route 422,
Pulaski, PA 16143. Office phone is 724-964-9300 and fax is 724-964-0604. The
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